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Sure, management is a fine career goal, as good as any. But when many people say, "I wanna be the boss!" in the best case, it's some fantasy about control, and
by fapjacks 7y ago
Sure, management is a fine career goal, as good as any. But when many people say, "I wanna be the boss!" in the best case, it's some fantasy about control, and in the worst it turns out to be pathological. And those are the last people on the planet you want to be "the boss".
- invalidOrTaken 7y agoI actually mean it the other way: a "fantasy about control" sounds extremely sensible to me. Whether that manifests as - being lord of your shack in the woods and its surrounding area - being in management - having your house paid off - being in high demand All of those sound pretty great to me. I like being a developer. But I think I'd rather own Papa John's. (Not a Papa Johns, all of Papa John's).
- fapjacks 7y agoI see what you're saying, and I'm on board with that. But isn't it sort of a tautology? I mean, these seems to be a pretty universal human value, to want some measure of positive, affirmative things to happen to us. Even to the point that some people drive themselves (and their families) into the dirt, killing themselves trying to achieve what they think will give them that kind of self-actualization.